Mounting device



w. SCHAAKE MOUNTING DEVICE Aug. 14, 1934.

Filed Feb. 8, 1934 e M Y wa M mm m 6 M m Patented Aug. 14, 1934 UNITEDSTATES PlATENT OFFlCE .11.:210395 N MOUNTING DEVICE v William Schaake,Pittsburgh, Pa. Application Februar 1934, Serial No. 710,227 11 'QlaimsLI (Cl'. 40 -158 My invention relates generally to fastening devicesandit-has particular relation to devices for securing photographs, cardsor the like to a support member or sheet. l

I am aware that various devices have been used in the past for securingphotographs, cards or the like to sheets such as pagesflof a photographalbum. In general, these devices comprise paper corner devices which arefolded in such manner I as to envelop the corners of the photograph orcard to be mounted. The devices of the prior art are provided with asticky or adhesive substance which, when moistened, serves to to thesheet. 7

It is well known that the adhesive substance loses its qualities ifthe'devices are kept in stock too long. Furthermore, the adhesivesubstance is also afiected by weather conditions and is renderedunusable'in certain instances; I

Devices using an adhesive substanceior. securing them to the sheet aredifficult to apply, due to the fact that a certainamount of tim'e'andskill are required to stick them to the sheet. Further= more, they willnot stand severe usageand" are 3 liable to be 1oosened,'in the eventthat the sheets on which they are mounted are bent or creased.

Another method for securing photographs, cards or the like to a sheetcomprises the use of an embossing device which is arranged to provide 3raised portions in the'form'of loops; This method necessitates the useof a special embossing ma-' chine which is expensive and awkward tohandle. If the sheets are embossed so that cards 'or hold the corners nphotographs may also be mounted on the oppo site or back side,ordinarilyit is necessary to reduce the'outside dimensions of the card to bemounted since it "is not possible to provide the raised portions oneabove the other. This method has the further disadvantage that the cardsor photographs are quite likely to be removed from the embossed orraised portions when the sheet on which they are mounted is bent.

The object of my invention, generallystated, Y is to provide a cornerdevice for mounting photographs, cards or the like 'which'shall besimple and effective when applied and which may be readily andeconomically manufactured and used. The principal objectof my: inventionis to provide for securing cards, photographs or the like toamountingmember or sheet. I P f Another important'object of my inventionis to provide for securing cards, photographs, or the like to a sheetwithout the use of a sticky or adhesive' substance. 1

Another object of my invention" is to provide for securing cards onopposite sides of a sheet by a single set of mounting devices.

Still another object of my invention is to; provide for securing cardsof thesame size on opposite sides of a' sheet by means of a single setof mounting devices. 1

A further object-of my invention is to provide for readily bendingthe'flaps of a corner device to secure it to a card and to a supportmember orsheet. a $7 Other objects of my invention will, in part, beobvious and will, in'part,'appear hereinaften- My invention accordinglyis disclosed-in the embodiment hereof shown in the accompanying drawingand comprises the features of construction and" arrangement of partswhich-will be exe'mplified in the construction hereinaiterfset forth andthe scope of the'ap'plication of which will be indicated "in theappended claims. j Foramore complete understanding of the na-- ture andscope of my invention, reference may be had to thefollowingdetailed*description'taken in connectionw'ith the accompanyingdrawing,'in which:-

Q Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a photograph mounted with my novelcorner devices;

Fig. 2 isan enlarged plan View of one of my novel corner devices inplace; r I

Fig. 3" is a sectional view taken along the line III"III of-Figl'2;

Fig. 4 is a bottom planview to the same scale as Fig. 2, showing onecorner of a card mounted on thereverse side of the sheet;

Fig. 5 is aplan View of the corner device, the flaps being unfolded;

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of my novel corner device, the flapsbeingfolded at'right angles to the main portion of the corner device;and,

; Fig. 7Jis a'vi'ew in end elevation of one of the corner devicesshowing the flaps as bent in Fig. 6.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawing, thereference'character 10 designates a mounting member or sheet such as isused in photograph albums. Acard 11, which, as illustrated, may be aphotograph or the like, is arranged to be mounted on the sheet 10 bymeans of, corner devices shown generally at 12. It will be understoodthat any other type of card or photograph 11 maybe mounted on the sheet10, which also may be any other suitable mounting device, thecombination of a photograph, as mounted on a sheet of a photographalbum, being used for illustrative purposes only.

Referring, now particularly to Figs. 5, 6 and '7, oi the drawing, itwill be observed that the corner device 12 is formed from a single sheetof material which may be copper, aluminum, steel, or the like, having athickness of approximately ten thousandths of an inch, and having theproperty of being readily bendable and adapted to remain in any positionin which it may be bent. The device 12 may first be punched in the formof an oblong with two of the corners along one of the longer dimensionsremoved, as illustrated. At the same punching operation, triangularlyshaped lower flaps 14 may be punched out and arranged to be bent alongthe lines 15 and 16, which as shown, are at right angles to each other.At the same punching operation, upper flaps 17 may also be bent alongsubstantially the same lines 15 and 16, so that the finished productwill appear as illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7.

It will be observed that the lower flaps 14 and the upper flaps 1'7 arearranged to be bent along substantially the same lines for a purposewhich will be set forth hereinafter;

Referring now particularly to Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawing, it willbe observed that thesefigures illustrate the corner device 12 inoperative position. It will be understood that the thickness of thecorner device 12 has been exaggerated, in order to moreclearlyillustrate the, invention and to permit the sectioningof the parts, asillustrated in Fig.3. f I V In order to mount the photograph or card 11,a corner device 12 is fitted to each corner of the photograph 11 and theupper flaps 17' are turned downwardly to engage it, as illustrated inFigs. 1, 2 and 3. The lower flaps 14 will then be extending rearwardlyat right angles tothe plane of the protograph or card 11. The photograph11 isthen. positioned in the desired location.- on the sheet '10. Ayielding substance such as art gum or the like is preferablypositioned-behind "each of the devices 12 at the corner of the photograph 11 and underneath the sheet. Each of the corner devices l2-maythen be pushed into the sheet 10, the; lowerflapsl l perforating thesheet 10 and. extending beyond the surface c eo The'sheet 10 may then beturned over and .a second photograph or card 19, as is shown moreclearly in Fig. 4, may be inserted between the upstanding flaps 14,which maythen be turned downwardly to engage the secondphotographorcard18.

It will be observed that the holding device 12 described hereinbeforeserves to retain two photographs of the same size in opposite sides of asheet, because the flaps 14 and 17 are arranged to be folded alongsubstantially the same lines 15-and 16',-and that only one set ofthesedevices isrequired for holding two photographs located on opposite sidesof a sheet in position. Furthermore, the photographs are secured to thesheet without the use of any adhesive substance, thereby insuring thatthe photographs will be retained in position for an indefinite period. 7I

In certain instances it maybe desirable to mount the card 11 on thefront of a sheet and then to press the lower flaps 14 into it but not tobend them on the back. This may be desirable where one wishes totemporarily mount a .cardsor 'photographand be able to readilyremoveit..... f

Itwill be understood that the corner device 12 may be offered for salewith theupper and lower flaps 14 and 17 in different positions than asillustrated in Figs. 6 and of the drawing.

Thus, the lower flaps 14 may only be punched out of the main body of thecorner device 12, leaving the user tobend them downwardly on mountingthe photograph 11. Also, the upper flaps 17 may be bent by the punchingoperation, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it will be unnecessary to bendthem on applying the corner devices 12 to the photograph 11. Sincecertain further changes may be made in the above construction anddifferent embodiments of the invention may be made without departingfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim as my invention: 1. A corner device for mounting a card or thelike on a'support member comprising a blank havingbendable flaps forsecuring it to a corner of said card, and additional flaps secured tosaid blank and bendable along substantially the same lines as saidfirst-named flaps for perforating said support member to secure saidblank thereto.

' 2. A corner device for mounting a card or the like ona support membercomprising a? blank having bendable flaps for. securing it to a cornerof said card, and pointed lugs integrally formed with said blank andbendable along substantiallythe same lines as said first-named flaps forperforating said support member to secure said blank thereto..

'3. A device .forsecuring a corner of a card or the like to a supportmember comprising a thintmetallic blankhaving bendable flaps forsecuring it to said card, and additional flaps integrally formed from'saidblank and bendable along substantially the same lines as said firstnamed flaps for perforating said support member to secure said blankthereto. t

= "4:11 device for securing a card or the like to one side-of a supportmember comprising a blank having bendable means for securing it to saidcard, and additional. bendable. means secured to said blank forperforating said support member, saidlast-named means disposed tosecure-a sec-- and card or the like on theother side of said supportmember.

' 5. vA device for securing'a corner of a card or the like togone sideof a support member comprising a thin metallic blank having bendableflaps for securing it to said card, and additional bendable fiapsintegrally formed from said blank for perforating said support member,said additional flapsdisposed to secure a second card or the like on theother side of said support member.

v6. A. device for securing a card or the like to onesideof a supportmember comprising a blank having a pair of angularly disposed bendableflaps for securing it to said card, and an'additional pair of angularlydisposed flaps bendable on substantially the same lines as saidfirst-named flaps for perforating said support member, said last-namedflaps disposed to secure a second card or the like on the other side ofsaid support memher.

7. A. device for securing a corner of a card or the like to one side ofa support member comprising a thin metallic blank having a pair ofangularly disposed bendable flaps for scour-. ingit to said card, and.an additional pair of angularly disposed flaps integrally formed fromsaid blank and bendable on substantially the same lines as saidfirst-named flaps for perforating said support member,- said last-namedflaps disposed to secure a second card or the like on the other side ofsaid support member.

8. A device for securing a card or the like to a support membercomprising a blank having bendable means for securing it to said cardand additional means secured to said blank inside the fold lines of saidbendable means and bendable internally within the confines thereof forprojecting through said support member to secure said blank thereto.

9. A device for mounting a card or the like on asupport membercomprisinga thin metallic blank having bendable means integrally formed fromwithin the confines of said blank for securing it to a corner of saidcard and retaining means also integrally formed from within the confinesof said blank inside the fold lines of said bendable means forprojecting through said support member and bendable internally to securesaid blank thereto.

10. A device for securing a corner of a card or the like to a supportmember comprising a thin metallic blank having a pair of flapsintegrally formed from within the confines of said blank and bendable atright angles to form a pocket for said corner and retaining meansintegrally and internally formed from within the confines of said blankinside the fold lines of said flaps for projecting through said supportmember to secure said blank thereto.

11. A device for securing a corner of a card or the like to a supportmember comprising a thin metallic rectangular blank having a pair offlaps integrally formed from within the confines of said blank andbendable at right angles to form a pocket for said corner and anadditional flap integrally and internally formed from within theconfinesof said blank inside the fold lines of said flaps for projectingthrough said support member to secure said blank thereto.

WILLIAM SCHAAKE.

